My daughter happily runs down the driveway to get onto the van and head off to day camp. She spends the day outside, swimming, hiking, riding horses and getting dirty. When she comes home she is nearly unrecognizable under the layer of dirt, sunscreen and sweat. ...

When my daughter was a toddler, she would sit and play with her toys. She would scribble on paper with crayons. She would hug and kiss my husband and me with wild abandon. She had the occasional tantrum when told “no”, but they rarely lasted longer than a few short...

Both of my children learned basic signs or “infant sign” as toddlers. As a mom and a speech and language pathologist (SLP), I was eager (maybe too eager?) to begin communicating with my children. I felt that it would reflect poorly on me as an SLP if my children did...

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